National mortality estimates
Age-specific, year-specific mortality estimates for Cameroon between the years 1986 and 2016 are shown below.
3D (raw estimates)
2D (raw estimates)
2D (spline-smoothed)
Data Table
Data Sources
Data for these estimates is based on the following DHS surveys for Cameroon:
Regional trends
Some regional recoding was necessary to harmonize the different surveys. The final regions used in each survey are shown in the plot below:
Mortality trends for each region
The plots below show the mortality experienced by different age groups in the different regions of Cameroon.
0 - 14 years
15 - 49 years
Poisson Model
The results of the Poisson regression (using age group, time period and country region as predictors) are shown below:
| Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Predictors | Incidence Rate Ratios | CI | p |
| (Intercept) | 0.02 | 0.02 – 0.02 | <0.001 |
| Age Group: 0 - 14 | Reference | ||
| Age Group: 15 - 49 | 0.22 | 0.21 – 0.22 | <0.001 |
| Period: 1980s | Reference | ||
| Period: 1990s | 1.15 | 1.10 – 1.20 | <0.001 |
| Period: 2000s | 1.35 | 1.29 – 1.41 | <0.001 |
| Period: 2010s | 1.10 | 1.04 – 1.16 | 0.002 |
| Region: Adamawa | Reference | ||
| Region: Centre | 1.00 | 0.94 – 1.07 | 0.880 |
| Region: Douala | 0.82 | 0.76 – 0.88 | <0.001 |
| Region: East | 1.17 | 1.09 – 1.25 | <0.001 |
| Region: Far North | 1.14 | 1.07 – 1.21 | <0.001 |
| Region: Littoral | 0.82 | 0.76 – 0.88 | <0.001 |
| Region: North | 1.12 | 1.06 – 1.19 | <0.001 |
| Region: North West | 0.85 | 0.80 – 0.91 | <0.001 |
| Region: South | 0.86 | 0.80 – 0.92 | <0.001 |
| Region: South West | 1.03 | 0.95 – 1.10 | 0.494 |
| Region: West | 0.89 | 0.83 – 0.95 | <0.001 |
| Region: Yaounde | 0.79 | 0.73 – 0.84 | <0.001 |
| Observations | 96 | ||
| R2 Nagelkerke | 1.000 | ||
Data table
Sources
Data was sourced from the following DHS surveys for Cameroon:
Below we present the age-specific, year-specific mortality estimates for each region of Cameroon between the years 1986 and 2016.